Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-06-24
HINTS ON rREE.PLANTlNa.
How Nursery Stock should BE Taken VI
Handled and Trnnsplanted.

Handled and Transplanted.
Many fruit trees, bushes. vines and
other kinds of nursery stock are an-
nually lost to the purchasers by lack Of
proper care in taking them up. hand
ling and resetting. II is generally adj
visable to obtain trees. bushes shrubs
and vines from nurseryman in onc's
own vicinity, providing he has the
varieties one wishes to plant. He will
care more for his reputation than a
person will who lives at distance,
and will not be likely to practice i'm
postures on a patron who is neigh
Dor. The chances are that he will deal
fairly, if for no higher motive than to
secure trade in the future.
There are other advantages in
obtaining nursery stock near home.
1t can be moved from the place
where it was raised TO the one where
it is to grow in a very short time and
long exposure to the air prevented.
1t is acclimated to the region and more
likely to do we'll on that account A
customer can choose his trees II he Wis
its nursery. but no can exercise no
choice If he orders them from n dis
tance. He can see that they are prop
erly taken from the ground and can
reject those that are injured. He can
take them home in his own wagon and
thus save the cost of transportation.
He can select day for moving them
when the weather is favorable for this
work but unfayorable for ordinary
farm onerations
As soon as trees. bushes and vines
are taken from the ground their roots
should be covered, TO protect them
from the sun and wind. Mats, blank
cts or other kinds of coarse cloth can
be used for this purpose if they are
not to be exposed any great length Of
time. If they are to be carried a con-
siderable distance It is better to place
moss or moist hay or straw about the
roots. II some of the roots are broken or
otherwise injured II Is best to cut them
off with n sharp knife. SO as to allow
new rootlets to form about tho wound.
A like course should be taken with in
iured or broken branches. 1t is gem
erally best to remove some part OF the
ton of n treo that Is to he transplanted.
The loss Of branches should at lcest
corresnond with the loss of root. II
several Of the roots have been cut off
all the branches can not be properly
sppnlied with san. Too much moist
urc will be evaporated through tho
leaves and the tree will be likely to
suffer The tree can be pruncd to the
hest ADVANTAGE when IL is out of the
oronnd Ifif Is very tall for its age
the main stall, or leader can bo short
ened. II there are too many branches
some Of them can be removed. If the
troo Il worm short heiobt NAV Inc ,nsur-
cd Inv removing some of the lateral
branches
Nov;ces in n,ont;ng and nersons who
are in n hurry tn have fruit and shade
trees generally select large and old
trees. They think that thew can ..gain
time,, Inv nlantino them. Experienced
free planters select youne and vigorous
ones Tbev nrefer annie and near trees
fiat are three wears from the bud, and
nIpm and cherry trees that have been
budded but two years. They plant no
crane vines that arc more than two
Years old and nrefer gooseberry and
currant bushes of tho same age. Ex-
perience has taught them that young
trees arc much more likely to live than
old onos that thew stand TRANSFORMATION
better and that thew become larger
trees Mt the end of ten wears. What is
true of f,uit trees IL also true of shade
and ornamental trees in this respect.
A few wears apo great numbers of trees
from twenty to forty feet in height, and
doubtless that number of years old,
were planted in parks. ON boulevards
and in private grounds in this city.
some of them were SO large that trucks
were built specially for moving them and
four horses were reouired to drawthem.
Not unireouently $50 was paid for one
of these trees. Nearly all of these
trees. which were generally well plant
cd and cared for have died or are in
diving condition, while young trees
pIanted At the same time arc now their
superiors in size.
II can not be expected that trees,
bushes and vines will make very rap
a Growth or be yery productive II they
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